Charities face closure from cuts and Big Society bank funding gap

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Dame Elisabeth Hoodless says cuts are leading to a slump in volunteering opportunitiesBen Gurr for The Times

Michael SavageandSam Coates

Last updated at 12:01AM, February 8 2011

David Cameron must intervene to rescue his Big Society project from being
swamped by spending cuts, charity heads have warned, as a Government adviser
said that the initiative was being hit by a “perfect storm”.

It also emerged yesterday that charities across Britain will be forced to
close this summer because of a funding gap that will leave them without
access for several months to a new scheme designed to kickstart the Big
Society.

A chorus of voices from across the voluntary sector spoke out yesterday,
claiming that the speed and depth of cuts imposed by local councils would
make